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. 1999 Mar;6(2):168–172. doi: 10.1128/cdli.6.2.168-172.1999

TABLE 1.

Comparison of BIV p26 and tTM recombinant-fusion-protein-based Western blots with the reference Western assay for the serodetection of BIV

Western blot assay No. of serum samples
No. of samples identical to the reference assay Concordancea to the reference assay (%)
Positive Negative
p26 based 22 83 105 100
tTM protein based 26 79 101 96.2
Referenceb 22 83 105 NAc
a

Concordance: (number of serum samples identical to the reference Western blot/total number of sera tested) × 100. 

b

Assay using whole virus proteins as test antigens. 

c

NA, not applicable.